
@MizzouSoccer Travels to Northwestern Thursday, Hosts San Diego State Sunday
9/6/2017 3:07:00 PM | Soccer
This Week: Thursday, Sept. 7 // Sunday, Sept. 10 | |||||
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OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME | VIDEO | STATS |
at Northwestern | Evanston, Ill. | Thursday | 7 p.m. | BTN Plus | Stats |
San Diego State | Columbia, Mo. | Sunday | 6:30 p.m. | SEC Network + | Stats |
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou soccer team (2-3-1) faces a pair of nonconference foes this weekend, as the team plays Northwestern on the road and hosts San Diego State. The Tigers take on the Wildcats on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. in a match aired live on BTN Plus. The squad then returns to Walton Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 10 for a 6:30 p.m. contest against the Aztecs, broadcast live on SEC Network +.
PROMOTIONS
First Responder's Day
- Free to first responders
- Free admission with a ticket stub from Saturday's football game
TIGER TIDBITS
- Missouri owns a slight 4-3-3 edge in the all-time series with Northwestern,
- Sunday marks the first-ever meeting between the Tigers and Aztecs
- Mizzou is coming off two hard-fought losses last weekend, a 2-0 defeat to defending national champion Southern Cal, and a 2-1 double-overtime loss at TCU
- Freshman Tess Rellihan notched her first career goal in the first half against the Horned Frogs
- All six of the Tigers' six goals this season came have been scored by different players
- Six different Tigers have found the scoresheet so far in 2017: seniors Savannah Trujillo and Jessica Johnson, redshirt sophomore Madison Lewis, sophomore Sarah Luebbert, and freshmen Tess Rellihan and Macy Trujillo
- Macy Trujillo became the first true freshman to score Missouri's first goal of the season since Candace Johnson against Memphis on Aug. 17, 2012
- Luebbert tallied a team-high five points over the first two matches on one goal and three assists
- Missouri returns eight starters from the 2016 team that qualified for the program's seventh NCAA Tournament appearance and went 11-7-2 overall and
6-4-1 in Southeastern Conference action - Mizzou was picked to finish fourth in the Southeastern Conference in a preseason voting by the league's 14 head coaches
- Four Tigers, seniors Kaitlyn Clark and Jessica Johnson, and sophomores Anna Frick and Sarah Luebbert, earned spots on the 2016 SEC Watch List
- Missouri's 2017 schedule features matchups with eight teams that qualified for the 2016 NCAA Tournament, including 2016 national champion Southern Cal
- In adddition to Southern Cal, the Tigers also face NCAA qualifiers Albany, Florida, Nebraska, Northwestern, South Carolina, Texas A&M and TCU
Players Mentioned
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